Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?message-squaremessage-square335fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down14
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square335fedilink
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·8 months agoThe internet being a “place” you would go to and then leave. That’s almost impossible to do now because everything is so linked to being online.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·8 months agoI don’t miss dial up speeds, but I do miss the expectation of not always being online. Luckily my job no longer expects it of me because I just don’t answer after hours anymore.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd not being always reachable by phone. If you are out, there was simply no way to reach you. Good times.
The internet being a “place” you would go to and then leave.
That’s almost impossible to do now because everything is so linked to being online.
I don’t miss dial up speeds, but I do miss the expectation of not always being online.
Luckily my job no longer expects it of me because I just don’t answer after hours anymore.
And not being always reachable by phone. If you are out, there was simply no way to reach you. Good times.